Blackened death metallers Diabolical have unleashed their entire album ahead of tomorrow’s release Indie Recordings.
More than 20 years after their formation in northern Sweden, the innovative death/black metal hybrid has created Eclipse, a concept album which reflects on the dark side of humanity which, according to their press release, aims to ‘force the listener to explore his own diabolical side’.
The album is something of a tour de force with spitting musical and aesthetic complexity swirling around a dense soundscape of refined ideas, comprising nine gracefully raging songs, Eclipse presents Diabolical as a mature and sophisticated band on the rise to new heights. We’ve interviewed the band for the upcoming issue of your favourite extreme music magazine, and you should look out for that from February 26th when it hits newsstands. Meantime, get your ears round this and if you want to add it to your collection, follow this link.
Full Eclipse tracklist:
1. We Are Diabolical
2. Betrayal
3. Black Sun
4. Failure
5. Inception
6. Hunter
7. Tyranni
8. The Fire Within
9. Requiem
It’s not long now till the band hit European roads for a punishing run of shows in more than 30 cities across the Old Continent, alongside Septic Flesh, Krisiun and supports. The tour kicks-off in Essen on March 8, but the full list of dates are shown below (although there’s no UK date so far, which is a shame!).
DIABOLICAL with SEPTIC FLESH + KRISIUN + XAON + SCIENCE OF DISORDER + DEADSHAPE FIGURE
08.03.2019 DE Turock Essen
09.03.2019 NL Willemeen Arnhem
10.03.2019 BE Entreport Brugge
12.03.2019 FR La Machine Paris
13.03.2019 FR Rock School Bordeaux
14.03.2019 ES Caracol Madrid
15.03.2019 PT Hardclub Oporto
16.03.2019 PT Ao Vivo Lisboa
17.03.2019 ES Garage Murcia
19.03.2019 ES Razzmatazz 2 Barcelona
20.03.2019 ES Cc Delicias Zaragoza
21.03.2019 FR Ninkaso Kao Lyon
22.03.2019 CH Pont Rouge Monthey
23.03.2019 IT Central Rock Erba
24.03.2019 IT Alchemica Bologna
26.03.2019 IT Ufo Bolzana
27.03.2019 SI Orto Bar Ljubljana
28.03.2019 SI Revolver Club San Dona
29.03.2019 HR Dom Obladine Zagreb
30.03.2019 BG Mixed Tape 5 Sofia
31.03.2019 RO Club Quantic Bucharest
02.04.2019 HU Dürer Kert Budapest
03.04.2019 SK Colloseum Kosice
04.04.2019 CZ Futurum Praha
05.04.2019 AT Szene Vienna
06.04.2019 PL U Bozyla Poznan
07.04.2019 PL Proxima Warsaw
09.04.2019 LT Vakaris Vilnius
10.04.2019 LV Meina Piektdiena Riga
11.04.2019 EE Club Tapper Tallinn
Diabolical is:
Sverker Widgren
Carl Stjärnlöv
Dan Darforth
Pär Johansson